Sketch by David Clayton-Thomasdone somewhere mid 60's, not long before his great success in New YorkAnother side of our musical friend.Click on your browsers View and Full Screen to get it all at once.

This is the text of the original message Gaynor left on David Clayton-Thomas' web site message board.Way back in the mid-60's, my best friend Dale met and married Bruce Palmer (of Buffalo Springfield fame). At the time Bruce was the bass player with Jack London & the Sparrows in Toronto. They used to jam in a basement club, which I believe was on Charles St. in Toronto. I often went with Dale to watch them jam. One particular afternoon, we were sitting in the dark, empty club, watching the band rehearse, when a guy who knew Dale, came and sat with us at the table. I was doodling in a sketch book when this "guy" took it from me to look at my work. When he eventually gave it back to me he had sketched a caricature of Dennis Edmonton (guitarist). Throughout the afternoon, we sat chatting and I eventually discovered the "guy" was David Clayton-Thomas! He was starting to emerge as "hot" on the Toronto music scene at the time and it was all I could do to act "cool & nonchalant" in front of him after that! I got him to autograph the drawings of Dennis (who, with his brother Jerry, went on to Steppenwolf" fame)! I still have the drawings, along with a photo of Jack London & the Sparrows. If I had only known then what I know now... the beginnings of Buffalo Springfield, Steppenwolf and Blood Sweat & Tears were gathered together in that room with one common purpose... music! WOW!
I was witnessing Rock & Roll history and didn't even know it! I wonder if David remembers that day? Doubt it!

And here's Jack London & the Sparrows

Jack London & the Sparrows - Left to right: John Kay, Bruce Palmer, Jerry Edmonton, Conrad Feeney, Dennis EdmontonThis photo by Conrad's father, W. (?) Feeney, who was then a reporter with the Toronto Star